Our New Addition

 Jacob spent a lot of time planning and building this chicken coop and it turned out Perfect!  

We painted it white with gray trim and turquoise accents.  The wheels (not shown) are even turquoise.

We got a lot of looks from neighbors and people driving by since this has been sitting in our driveway for about a month as we worked on it.  People would stop and ask if it was a playhouse are even a dog house so when we said a chicken coop they were a little surprised and excited.  Although if the chickens didn't work out Jerry would love to keep it as a play house.

Of course I would plant hens and chicks in the flower pot and their little door needed a burlap wreath.

We only hope that we have eggs laid daily.  But these chickens are still young and won't start producing until this fall so we have awhile to wait.

A very nice lady raised the chickens from chicks for us.  She hand fed them and took good care of them until we were able to get their new home ready.  When we arrived at her house there were chickens running freely all over the yard.  She has a variety of chickens and a few roosters.  Most of them were nice and would let us pet them.  Jerry thought the roosters were neat and had fun chasing a few around.  He got to see a few chickens laying on eggs.

It just made me dream of living in the country even more.  I would love to have a bunch of chickens running around the yard and maybe a few goats too.  Someday.

In the meanwhile, we are making our backyard look like a farm. The neighbors behind us have a field that backs up to our house and they let us keep the chickens on their property.  She had always wanted chickens so she was very excited when we asked if we could do this.  Otherwise we never would have been able to get them.

Our chickens are Rhode Island Reds.  Jerry absolutely loves them.  He wasn't afraid of them at all.  He got right in the cage and picked them up.  We have 4 chickens to name and Jerry decided to name one Lainie after his friend that he just loves.  He said mom and dad each get to name one and our other neighbor Cal gets to name one.  Cal and Jerry are good buddies. I'm stuck between Lucy and Stella for my chicken name.  So for now the others are nameless.

It took awhile to coax Jerry out of the chicken coop.  He really wanted the chickens to eat from his hand.

Jerry has 4 new feathered friends, whether they like it or not.  They will be loved.